Legal Opinion
Butler v. South Fulton Medical Center, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 30, 1994No. A94A1244, A94A1245; A94A1246PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Judge.
In 1988, Charlotte Butler sought treatment for relief of chronic pain she had begun to experience in her left chest and rib-cage area after undergoing surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer during 1986. She was referred by her oncologist to Dr. Jong-In Kim, a member of South Fulton Anesthesia Associates and an anesthesiologist working as an independent contractor at South Fulton Medical Center, Inc. (“South Fulton”). Dr. Kim administered epidural steroid injections to Butler on January 20, 1988 and February 17, 1989. In September 1989, when the steroid…
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